Middle-Aged Women Get Sh*t Done: A Manifesto

by Lucy Porter

'Funny, clever and entertaining'

JO BRAND


'One of our funniest people. She doesn't just get sh*t done, she'll make you cry with laughter while she does it. A brilliant read'

CARIAD LLOYD




'Like Lucy herself, her hilarious book brims with glee and laser-sharp observation'

MEL GIEDROYC



'One of the most consistently brilliant and hilarious comics of our generation'

SARAH KENDALL


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It's 8.31am and you've already responded to a dozen of your boss's deranged overnight work emails, got your kids off to school in something approximating a uniform, unblocked the shower drain with your actual bare hands and sorted out your mum's supermarket order crisis.


Congratulations, you are a middle-aged woman who is getting sh*t done.




We all know midlife women are the glue that binds society together. We are invincible, all-powerful, and you mess with us at your peril. But we're also quite knackered and we'd like a break please. In this hilarious and irreverent manifesto, Lucy Porter steers us through the trials of being the exhausted meat in the middle of the sandwich generation with her trademark wit, warmth and a hefty dose of righteous rage.


Part celebration, part rallying cry, this is a call to women, put down your to-do lists and let someone else take on all the crap for a bit.

264 pages, Kindle Edition

Published August 13, 2026

Reviews

[Stephen · Rating 3.75 out of 5]

funny book about middle aged women's life written by a comic had me laughing

[Mags Delaney · Rating 4 out of 5]

I listened to it on my journey to and from work. Entertaining and made me feel I wasn't completely mad!
Thanks Lucy!